Locking device for shaker tops



April 15 1924. 1,490,823

s. HASLAM LOCKING DEVICE FOR SHAKER TOPS Filed June 13, 1923 IN VEN TO SAMUEL HASL-AM Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

ilidiT STATES SAMUEL HASLAM, 0F .A'ITLEBORO, MASSAGHUSETTS.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR SHAKER TOPS.

Application filed June 13, 1923.

To (/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HASLAM, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol. and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Locking Device for Shaker Tops, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to shakers or condiment holders for salt, pepper and the like, and more particularly relates to a novel means for detachably fastening the top on the body of the shaker. The general object of my invention is to provide a top fastening means improved in various particulars with a view to providing for ready attachment and detachment of the top, as well as to provide a construction whereby the top, when in place, will be held down tightly to its seat on the body.

A. further important object of the invention is to provide a shaker and top means which may be manufactured cheaply with the fastening means integral, thereby simplifying the steps of manufacture and avoiding the use of solder with an attendant saving in time and labor.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion of a shaker embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Figure 1 as indicated by the line 22 in Figure 1, said view showing the top in position ready to be fastened;

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 2 but showing the top turned to locking position;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the body of the shaker the top being omitted;

Figure 5 is an inverted plan view of the to ln the illustrated example of my invention, the letter A indicates the body of the shaker and B the top thereof having sifter holes C, it being understood that the body and top may be of any suitable design. On the neck of the body at the top, I produce an annular flange 10 and at diametrically opposite points on the said flange, I produce hooks 11 rising from the upper edge of the flange and curving laterally outward and downward. On the top B at the lower edge is an L-shaped flange 12 directed laterally inwardly and then upwardly at rlght angles, and said flange is formed with vertical slots 13 at diametrically opposite sides Serial ITO/645,154.

' to correspond with the positions of the hooks 11.

lVith the cap dropped onto the body A, the hooks 11 pass into the slots 13, and thus the terminals or bills of the hooks 11 lie outside of the flange 12. The annular form of the flange 12 on the shaker top results in an annular channel 20 between th vertical terminal member of said flange and the body a of the cap so that the bills or terminals of the hooks 11 are accommodated laterally outward of the flange 12 between the same and the walls of the body of the top.

The upper edge of the flange 12 is formed with cam surfaces 14. In the upper edge also of the L-shaped flange, notches 15 are produced and the material of the flange 12 stamped out in producing the notches 15 is pressed laterally outwardly so that the lugs 16 thus produced lie against the inner surface of the body of the top B over the channel 20. Said lugs 16 each present a vertical stop surface or shoulder 17 at the terminal of each inclined cam 14. The arrangement of the cams 14 and stop lugs 16 is such that the hooks 11 will be caused to ride up upon the cam surfaces, thereby depressing the cap and causing it to be pressed tightly against the top surface 18 and neck 19 on the body, the stops limiting the upward movement of the hooks.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A fastening means for a shaker top comprising an upwardly extending flange on the body of the shaker, hooks on said flange curving laterally outward and downward, an L-shaped flange on the shaker top at the bottom thereof at the interior, said flange having a member directed laterally inward and a terminal member directed upwardly, said terminal member being spaced from the walls of the body of the shaker top to form an intermediate channel adapted to accommodate the terminal ends of the hooks on the body, said L-shaped flange having vertical slots in positions corresponding with the positions of said books,- the upper edge of the terminal member or" said L-shaped flange ot the top having inclined cam surfaces adapted to be engaged by the hooks on the body flange, and said i -shaped flange having at the higher end of each cam incline an upwardly extending lug disposed over the mentioned channel and lying against the inner surface of the body ot the shaker top, said lugs presenting stop suriiaces.

2. A fastening means for shaker tops coinprisiug arertical flange on the body, hooks on said flange curving laterally outward and downward, and an upwardly extending flange member on the top at the interior thereof and spaced from the inner surface of the top to accommodate the terminal ends of said hooks, the said top having slots extending through the flange thereof and permitting entrance of said hooks and the upper edge of said stop flange having cam inclines upon which the hooks may ride upon the turning of the top.

3. A fastening means for shaker tops comprising a vertical flange on the body, hooks on said flange curving laterally outward and downward, and an upwardly extending flange member on the top at the interior thereof and spaced from the inner surface of the top to accommodate the terminal ends of said hooks, the said top havin slots extending through the flange thereof and permitting entrance of said hooks and the upper edge of said stop flange having cam inclines upon which the hooks may ride upon the turning of the top; together with stop lugs on the flange member of the top at the upper edge of said inclines and lying against the inner surface of the top to limit the upward movements of the hooks on the inclines.

SAMUEL HASLAM. 

